Impact of a 3% measurement error for body weight on gender differences and ratios of obesity (BMI ⩾30 kg/m2)
| Population that study sample is representative of | Error | Obesity | Difference Men minus women | Ratio Men to women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % in men | % in women | ||||||||
| France | 0% | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1.14 | ||||
| 3% | 5 | 6 | −1 | 0.83 | |||||
| the Netherlands | 0% | 12 | 14 | −2 | 0.86 | ||||
| 3% | 8 | 11 | −3 | 0.73 | |||||
| Province of Latina | 0% | 20 | 37 | −17 | 0.54 | ||||
| (Italy) | 3% | 14 | 30 | −16 | 0.47 | ||||
| Geneva | 0% | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1.22 | ||||
| (Switzerland) | 3% | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1.14 | ||||
| Belfast | 0% | 15 | 16 | −1 | 0.94 | ||||
| (United Kingdom) | 3% | 11 | 13 | −2 | 0.85 | ||||
| Catalonia | 0% | 11 | 22 | −11 | 0.50 | ||||
| (Spain) | 3% | 7 | 18 | −11 | 0.39 | ||||